Max Verstappen storms through the field to take win at F1 Miami GP, Red Bull team-mate Sergio Perez second

Red Bull’s Max Verstappen made his way through the field from ninth place on the grid to take a stunning victory in the Miami Grand Prix, as he sealed his third win of the season to extend his driver's championship lead to 14 points. His team-mate Sergio Perez finished over five seconds behind in second place. Fernando Alonso achieved his fourth podium finish of the season, as the Aston Martin driver came home in third to round off the top three.

Ad Perez started the race on pole position, with Verstappen being forced to work his way through the pack to stand any chance of competing with his teammate for the victory on American soil. Miami Grand PrixMiami qualifying red flag leaves Verstappen in ninth as Perez takes poleYESTERDAY AT 21:15 The two drivers went for different one-stop strategies as Perez started on the medium tyres, and Verstappen on the longer-lasting hards, which proved to be the better all-round racing compound. It meant that within 15 laps, the defending world champion used the pace of his Red Bull to make his way up into second place past Alonso.

Five laps later, and with his team-mate less than two seconds behind him on the track, Perez came into the pits for his only stop of the race, and it became a strategic shoot-out between the pair of them for the victory. Verstappen extended his opening stint on the hard tyres and stayed out all the way until Lap 45. He came back out of the pits under two seconds behind Perez with just over ten laps to go.